The 2009 AAAS/Science Dance Contest

Those who saw the results of the first "Dance Your Ph.D." contest know that the human body is an excellent medium for communicating science--perhaps not as data-rich as a peer-reviewed article, but far more exciting. For this year's contest, the stage was much larger and the prize far grander. These were the RULES of the contest. And these were the WINNERS. The 4 winning scientists were then paired with 4 professional choreographers to create a dance based on peer-reviewed scientific research.

EXPERIMENT:

1.Watch the 4 dances.
2.Read the abstracts of the 4 research articles.
3.Guess which science inspired which dance.

The AAAS/Science Dance Contest and THIS IS SCIENCE were made possible by generous support from the Executive Office of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. AAAS is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world.